From a photograph by Solomon D. Butcher of four daughters of rancher Joseph M. Chrisman, at their sod house in Custer County, Nebraska. From left to right, Harriet, Elizabeth, Lucie, and Ruth. Photographed in 1886.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Wise Words about the Banking Crisis

Wisdom from an Irish poet and patriot

Capitalism is not the free world.Capitalism is a term devised by Marxists to describe what they thought were the worst aspects of our freedom.We should never let any corporation or bank or computer company pose as the embodiment of our freedom.Crises for large corporations are not crises for the free world.Our freedom will endure and grow as long as we continue to elect our governments, to uphold Christian values, to promote small businesses, to permit citizens to own their own property and their own lives, to raise our children with dignity, to be polite to each other in the streets, to contribute directly to each other with charitable hearts, and to care about each other as a community.As long as these fundamentals are a part of our culture, the fate of soulless corporatist entities is not going to matter...

IT IS STILL BEST to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasure; and to be cheerful and have courage when things go wrong.(Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1867-1957)